School: Dearg Dún (roll number 10894)
- Location:
- Dergvone, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Máire Ní Lochlainn
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- (continued from previous page)And down with the pan,
Give us some money
To bury the wren."
Sometimes the people of a house give the wren boys tea and bread, if they are hungry.
People believe that if they abstain from meat on St. Stephen's Day, they will be preserved from sickness during the following year, and most of them refrain from taking meat.- Collector
- Nora Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coollegreane, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Hugh
- Relation
- Parent
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Coollegreane, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Hugh
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Coollegreane, Co. Leitrim